Should I take Anatomy and Physiology before going to Medical School?
A&P is not a prereq course for medical school. It won’t “hurt” you to take the course, but it isn’t going to be that much help to you, either. You’ll have both anatomy and physiology courses in med school and they’re taught separately–much more in-depth than an A&P class. To be honest, having had A&P class and having been to med school, I wouldn’t recommend taking a nursing A&P class. An admission committee might question why a pre-med student took a nursing course (it might suggest to them that you weren’t resolute toward pre-med). It isn’t going to carry any weight with an admission committee that you took the course–they know a nursing A&P course doesn’t delve as deep. That said, a nursing A&P course isn’t a cakewalk, either, especially if you plan on doing it in the condensed summer course. You run the risk of negatively impacting your GPA. If you have extra time and want to take courses that will reflect favorably with an admission committee and benefit you in medical school, ta
